● VERY Perfect Discourse, and order how to know the Age of a HORSE, and the Diseases that breed in him with the Remedies to cure the ●●me as also.  
The description of every Vain, and how and when to let him Blood, according to the diversity of the Disease: as hath been proved by the Author L. W. C.  
Imprinted at London by W.W. for Thomas Favier. 160●   

 diagram of horse anatomy 


●he 2 Templev  
●he 2 ey v  
●he 2 forehead  
●he 2 pallet v  
●he 2 neck ve  
●he 2 plate ve  
The 2 fore shanck v  
The z side veyn  
The Shanck  
The houf  
The taie veyn.  
The haunch ve      

In this Discourse is first showed how, and when, a Horse should be let blood, and to what end, and by what sign a man may know whether it be requisite or no Secondly. in how many Veins he may be let Blood. Thirdly, how to know his Age. Fourthly, where all kind of diseases do grow, and how to cure them.  

How and when a Horse should be let blood, and to what end, and by what sign a man may know whether it be requisite or no.  
FIrst, to preserve health, it is good to let him Blood four times a year. First in the Spring about the beginning of May, because the Blood beginneth to increase.  
Secondly, in September, because the blood being then inflamed inequally, may evaporate or break out.  
Thirdly, about the midst of December, to let out the gross and knotty Blood.  
Fourthly, about the midst of March.  
But I would not with you to let a Horse blood but once a year, and that in the beginning of May, within a fortnight after his putting to grass: for than you shall let out the gross and old blood, and the new will come in his place. Except it be upon great need, I would wish you not to let him blood at all: for oft letting blood, causeth debslitie in the Horse, it hindereth the sight, and maketh the blood to resort inwardly, which cloyeth the heart and entrails, and leaveth the outward parts destitute.   

In how many Veins an Horse may be let blood.  
IN the first 2. Veins are the Temple Veins, which be the principal Veins in the Head.  
In the 2. Eye Veins, which are easy to find in the face of the Horse somewhat beneath his eyes.  
In the 2. Pallet Veins in the mouth.  
In the 2. Neck Veins.  
In the 2. Plate Veins, which are in the Breast.  
In the 2. Forehead Veins.  
In the 2. fore Shank Veins before.  
In the 2. fore Veins before.  
In the 2. side Veins, which may be called the Scanke veins.  
In the Tail Vain.  
In the Haunch Vain.  
In the Hoof Veins.  
In the 2. fore Shank Veins behind.  
So by this account, an Horse may be let Blood in 31. Veins: all which Veins are easy enough to know, because every one lieth in a little gutter, which you shall find by feeling with your finger.  
If your Horse be pained with any grief in his head, heaviness Fransey, Fawling evil, or such like, than it is good to let him blood in the Temple Veins with a phlegm.  
If his Eyes be waterish or Blood-shotten, or grieved with Pin or Web or Haw, than it is good to set him Blood in the Eye Vain with a phlegm.  
If he have any weariness or heaviness of Body, or be diseased in the Throat with the Stranglings or Squiansy, or swellings of the Arteries either within or without, than it is good to let blood in the Pallet Veins in the Mouth with a Curvet.  
If he be vexed with an Ague, or with any other disease universal hurting his body, then let him blood in the Neck Veins.  
If his grief be in the Lungs, liver, or any other inward part, then let him blood in the Breast Veins: which we call (before) the Plate Veins.  
If he be grieved in the soldiers, then let him blood in the Forefeet Veins above the knee with a Lance, and that very warily: for that place is full of Sinniewes.  
If he be grieved in the joints, then let him blood in the Shackle Veins, and that very warily: for that place is full of Sinniewes also.  
If he be foiled in the Forefeet with Foundering or otherwise, then let him blood in the two Veins (make way first with your Drawer to come to your veins) in the Forefeet.  
If he be diseased in the Kidneys or reins, Back or Belly, then let him blood in the Flank Veins.  
If he have any grief in his Hips, then let him blood in the Tail Vain or Hough Vain.  
If his hinder Legs be grieved, or joints, or Feet, then let him blood on the Shackle Veins, and on the 2. Veins behind on the hinder feet.   

To know the age of a Horse.  
A Horse hath xl. Teeth, the thirty. month after his fooling he loseth two above and two beneath: in the iiii. year he loseth two above and two beneath: when he is five he casteth all the rest both above and beneath. Those that come first above are hollow: when he is six, his hollow Teeth are filled up, and in the. seven all the rest are filled up: than you can no longer judge of his age by his Teeth.   

To know where these Diseases do grow about a Horse.  
Bags, is in the weeks of the Mouth.  
Barb, be two Teats growing under the Tongue.  
bots, do grow and breed in the Maw and Guts.  
Blisters on his body, cometh through heat and cold.  
Camer, is in his Mouth venomed, and will make his tongue to have cliffs and scabs in his upper Lips underneath, and are full of black Weals or Pimples, so that he can hardly eat his meat.  
Colt Evil, is by rankness of Water and Blood, it will cause his Belly and Yard to swell.  
Cloying, is in the Hoof of the Feet.  
cords, is a slack Sinniew in the Legs before.  
Curbs, is a swelling Sinniew behind the Hoose.  
Crotches, is a ruff scurffinesse above the Fetter-lockes.  
Interfeering, is striking on the joint about the Pastorne.  
Fartion or Farcie, is a Scab or Knobs breaking in divers places of his body, & cometh chief in the Veins.  
Fever, is a sickness taken with cold, and will cause him to shake.  
Thistula, is an old rotten Sore in his Body.  
Foundering, is taken in the Body, and Feet also.  
Fraying, is taken in the Body, and Feet, and Legs, which is a stiffness coming only with cold.  
Frounce or Pimples in the Pallet of his Mouth, Gawling, or other hurt, and come especially by eating of frozen grass or dust.  
Gigges or flaps, are Pimples or Teats on the inside of the Mouth.  
Glanders, are Kernels under his jaws, and when they are ripe, they will run at his Nose, and so break out.  
Gorge, is a swelling of Blood in the Legs.  
graveling, is taken in the Feet.  
The Web in the Eye or the Haw, which is a Grissel growing on the Felme, which scoureth the Eye.  
hide-bound, is when the Skin cleaveth to the Flesh and the Ribs.  
Hoofe-bound, is in the pinching of the Hoof.  
Itch in the Tail, is by excess of Blood.  
Lampas, is the Flesh in the Mouth nigh the upper Teeth.  
Mange, is taken by some Scab or biting.  
Mallander, is a Scab in the bone of the Knees.  
Molt-long, is the pinching of a strait Hoof.  
Mourning of the Chine, is a wasting from the Back, or broken Wound.  
Navel galled, is a sore on his Back against the Navel, or an Impostume sore.  
Pains, is a soreness about the Hoof, or Foote-lockes.  
Powle-evill, is on the nape of the Neck, and breedeth by stripes.  
Pin or Web, which covereth the beard of the Eye.  
Rheum, is taken by cold, and so his Teeth will wax lose and seem long, and then he cannot eat his meat, but it will lie in lumps, and about his jaws.  
Ring-bone, is a hard Gristle about the Hoof.  
Quinasie, is a soreness in the Throat.  
Slander, is a Scab on the Hams on the hinder Legs  
Shackle gawled, is on the Pastorne.  
spavin, is on the joint in the Hoofs behind.  
Splent, is a splend Sinniew above the Fetter locks.  
Staggers, is a doosinesse in the Head, breeding of cold, and of the Pellowes.  
Stranglings, is a swelling of the Throat.  
Sto●e in a Horse.  
Surbating, is under the Sooles of the Feet on the further side.  
Vives, is a certain Curnell under the Ears, or a Canker in the Mouth or Throat.  
Windgalles, are Bladders above the Fetter-lockes.  
Yellow, is a kind of jaundice, and will cause the Eyes to look yellow, and other parts of the body also.    

APPROVED REMEDIES FOR THE CURING of any kind of disease, hurt, main, or malady, in Horses.  

For the Gawling of a Horse.  
TAke Butter, Vinegar, and Bay-salt, and melt them together, and lay on the Horse back warm: then straw upon it Suit, or the powder of a Clay wall.   

An other for the same.  
TAke ob. of Turmerace, bruise it: a handful of Bay salt, and a handful of Suit, with two handfuls of Oatmeal, mingle it with Urine, and make it into a cake as well as you can, and then upon a hot hearth bake it till it be burnt black, then beat it into powder: and when you have washed your Horse back with Lie very hot, or Chamberlie, than straw on the Powder: and when the Powder is almost gone, then dress it as aforesaid.  
If it be festered, take Yeest, honey, the white of an Egg, and Suit, mingle them together, and make a Plaster thereof, and lay it to eat the dead flesh, than straw on Verdegreace, and renew it once a day.   

An other for the same.  
TAke a Pottle of Vergiss, two penny worth of green Coparis, and boil it to a pint and a half: wash and search the hole therewith, then fill the hole with red Lead, and so let it remain three days untouched: then wash it with the same, and fill it again with the red Lead: and so every other day wash it with that water, not made so strong of the Coparis, and lay thereon red Lead. This will heal it though it be galled to the body.   

An other for the same.  
TAke of the strongest Beer a pint, put into it a quarter of a pound of Alum, and half a handful of Sage: seethe it to the one half, then take out the Sage leaves: This will heal any Canker or Sore in a Horse.   

To heal any Cut in a Horse.  
TAke a quarter of a pound of fresh Butter, of Tar, and black Soap, half so much of each, and a little Turpentine: boil them altogether (but the Soap) and as soon as you take it from the fire, put in the Soap, and then use it.   

For a Horse wrong in the Wales.  
TAke Butter and Salt, and boil them together till they are black: then power it in on hot, then take up a flake of Dung that is hot, and lay it on the sore back, and so dress him till he be w●ole.   

For Fretting on the Belly, which cometh with gawling of the fore Gyrt.  
THis cometh with the fore Gyrt, and it stoppeth the Blood which is in the principal Veins, called the Plate Veins, which do run length ways: Take Oil of Bays and Oil of Balm, two ounces of Pitch, two ounces of Tar, one ounce of Rosen, mingle them altogether and anoint the four Bowels: then take Floxe and lay upon it, and fear it with a hot Iron: but take heed it be not too hot, for fear of burning.   

For thistula's.  
WHen you first perceive it to swell, then scaled it with Honey and sheeps Shuet: but scald it very much: This will keep it from breeding.  
Then take and slit it in the neither end of the Sore, and put as much Mercury Sublimatum as a Pease, abate it with Salad Oil, laying it on with a Fether● after that take Verdegreace. iiii. d. worth, Vitreall ob. Led iii d. worth, beat these together, and every day wash the wound with Copris water made with Copris and Elder leaves in Summer, and with the inner green Bark in Winter: after the washing take the powder, and put it on the Sore, and after it drop on a little Oil.   

Another for the same.  
TAke the uttermost green shells of Walnuttes, and put them in a Tub strowing three or four handful of Bay salt upon them, some in the bottom, some in the middle, and some on the top, and so keep them all the year: and when you will use them, take a pint of them and a little Bay salt, and half a quarter of a pound of black Soap, with half a spoonful of May Butter (and for want thereof, other Butter) and incorporate them together, and then spread it on the sore: But two hours before you lay it on, anoint the sore with a little Venus' Turpentine.   

A Medicine to kill the Thistula clean.  
TAke unguentum Egipsiacum which is made of Honey a pint, Vinegar di. a pint, Alum a quarter of a pound, and Vergrece i. oz. di and seethe them altogether till they be thick and a tawwe colour: this is called Egi●siacum: and to make it the strongest way, is to put in Sublimat. i. oz. made in powder, and Arsenic two scruples, and boil it together.  
This strongest is for thistula's, Cankers, and foul Soars: and the first may be used in the mouth, but not that which is made of Sublimatum, and Arsenice, for they are poison.   

A Tent to put into the hollow place of the Thistula.  
TAke of Sublimatum well powdered i oz. the midst of well leavoned Bread slack baked, iiii. oz. of N●●●n. x. drams, mingle them together with a little Rose water, and make Tents thereof, and dry them upon a Tile, and then take it to your use.   

To make Lie for the same, or Water, to kill it at the bottom.  
TAke Lie, Honey, Roach Allome, and Mercury, and seethe them together, and apply it to the Thistula at the bottom thereof.  
Also, to dry a Thistula, take red Wine, goats dung, and bean flower, and seethe them together, and lay it on: and this will dry it up.   

To sink a Thistula.  
TAke first and sere it, as with this mark ⊗, and then take Rosen, sheeps tallow, and Brimstone, and boil them together, and lay it on very hot with a cloth: this will sink it down again. This is good also for a Windgall: take and prick it out (but beware of Sinews) and then lay it on, but not too hot, but very reasonably, and this will keep it clean.   

For a Thistula in the head.  
TAke the juice of Houseleek, and dip a lock of Wool in it, and put the lock of Wool in his ears and bind it fast: use this once a day.   

An other for the same.  
IF there be any Inflammation in the Ears, or that it groweth to an Impostumation in that place, you shall boil the roots of Mallows in water till they wax tender, then bruise them, and strain out the water cleaner and being warm, give it the Horse to drink.   

To know the bots.  
WHen you think your Horse hath the bots, look in his mouth and smell to his breath, for it will stink, and his mouth will be full of slime.   

To cure the bots.  
TAke as much black Soap as a Walnut, as much Brimstone beaten, and a little Garlic, and put it in good Ale, and give it the Horse blood warm: but for a Mare with fool, then take Brimstone, Suit, and Garlic, without Sope.  
Take a handful of new hens dung, and a quart of good stolen drink, and all to bray it with your hands: then take a good handful of Bay salt, and put two Eggs to it, and bray them altogether, and give it your Horse to drink in a Horn.   

An other for the same.  
TAke a pint of Milk, ob. of Saffron, ob. of Alum, beat them together, and give it him to drink.   

To kill the Worms in the Maw.  
TAke the Crops of young Broome, and of savin, and groundsel, of each a quantity: then chop them small, and give it him with his Provender evening and morning: and let him not drink for a good space after.  
If he have the long Worms, take Milk, Brimstone, and Honey, and give him to drink.   

For Worms in the cods.  
TAke the Guts of a young Pullet, and cast it into his mouth fasting, and make him to swallow them down: do this three mornings together, but let him not drink or eat in five hours after.  
Some use to give him fresh Broome in his provender and salt Water, to drink.  
Others do give him of green Willow, or green Reed, to eat: and in digestion of the meat, he shall cast out the Worms.   

An other for the same.  
TAke the Garbage of a young Hen or Pidgion while it is warm, roll it first in a little black Soap, and after in Bay-salt, and force it down his throat, and it will help him. Probatum.   

To know when a Horse hath Worms.  
TAke up his upper Lip, and you shall see many small blue Veins, greater and bigger than the Worm veins by a great deal.   

For a Horse that hath the Trunchons.  
LEt him drink hens dung. Mints, Sage, and Rue: and let him blood in the Nostrils, or else give him savin or Sothernewood to drink, and it will cure him.   

An other for the same.  
TAke ob. of Arment. ob. of Honey, ob. of Venycreke, ob. of good stolen Ale, mingle them together, and ●e up the Horse head on high, and give it him to drink with a Horn.   

For Blisters.  
TAke the juice of ground ivy, with so much Brimstone, a quantity of Tar, and so much Alum: put it all together, and lay it to the Blister.   

For the barbs.  
IF they grow long, they will hinder his feeding: they do use to clip them with a pair of shears, and then wash his mouth with Water and Salt, and that will cure him.   

For the Staggers.  
YOu shall perceive them by beating his head, and he willbe as though he were blind.  
Take Garlic, Rue, and Bay-salt and beat them grossly, and put Vinegar into it, and put it into the Horse ears, and then wa● Wool in this medicine and stop his cares therewith and bind them close, and let it be so xxiiii. hours, and then pull out his Tongue and wash it with Vinegar to make him have a good stomach.  
First, take a wisp of wet Hay and burn it under his nose, that the smoke may go into his head, then take half a handful of Salandine, and as much Herb grass, three or four cloue● of Garlic, and a little Bay-salt, and stamp them together, and put thereto four or five spoonful of Vinegar or Verges: then cram it into the Horse cares, & tie the ears close that no air may come in: let it continue in his ears a day and a night, and then let him blood.  
Or else take Rue and Salandine of each a like, and white Salt, and stamp them together, and put it into his ears, and then bind them up for two hours.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Oil of bitter Almonds, i Oz. di. of Ox gall, two drams of black Ellabar stamped, ob. of Grames, of Casterum, of Vinegar, and of Varuice. v. drams: seethe them altogether till the Vinegar be consumed: then strain them, and put it into his cates.   

For the pain in the Head, or stifling.  
Keep his Head warm, and let him drink warm Water mindgled with Wheat meal or Fennell-seedes, and blow it into his nose with a quill, and some powder of Ellab●r or Sneezing powder, mixed together with some Pepper: then take a pint of Malmsey, the whites and yolks of. v. new laid Eggs, one head of Garlic bruied, small Pepper, Cinnamon and Nutmegs beaten sine, and a quantity of sweet Butters mingle them all together, and give to him to drink three days after: but let him not drink in four hours after.   

For the Wanders.  
TAke half a bushel of Barley and set it on the fire in a yanne, and put thereto running water, and ever as the water wasteth put in more, so that the Barley be covered with water, and let it seethe till the Barley be broken: then take a little Poake or Sack and put the Barley therein, and lay the same on the Horse ridge on length from the Mane to the Cropper all hot, and let it lie till it be cold, and there let it lie a night and a day, and put the Horse into a green Yard some. xx iii. hours, and there he will wallow: and then take him in, and he will be whole.   

For the Yellows.  
YOu shall know them by the white of his eye, which willbe yellow: or else by his tongue, which will have yellow veins: or else put up his upper lip, and you shall see the veins yellow.  
Take two races of Turmeracke, and ob. of Saffron, and put it in a pint of strong Beer or Ale, and warm it blood warm, and give it him.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Turmeracke a clove et di. et di. a dozen ●hinnes of Saffron, one or two Cloves, and six spoonfuls of Vinegar or Verges: and put in each care three spoonful, and stop his ears with black Wool: and then tie them fast, seven. or viii days.   

An other for the same.  
TAke long Pepper, Grains, Turmeracke, and Lycoris beaten into powder: put them into strong Beer, and give it him to drink.   

For the pains or Crotches which cometh by heat and the sudden cold upon it.  
THe pains appear about the Hoof, you shall know them by the hair standing right up: you must take up the Shackle veins on both sides, then take the soft row of a red Hearing, and Mustard, and black Soap, and boil these in Vinegar, and make a Plaster and lay it to the sore.  
There is no Vain between the Pastorne and the Hoof, but the Shank vain: and the vain which serveth for the Crotches, must be taken up on the inside and the outside.  
Wash it first with warm Urine, then dry it with a cloth, and clip away all the hairs on the Scabby place, then rub and chafe it all over, and make fast his feet, and rub the place grieved with Butter and Tar boiling together, upon a clout tied on a sticks end, and bathe it well therewith: use this once or twice a day till it be whole.  
Butter and honey melted together is good to anoint an Horse for Pains or Crotches.  
Take a pound of Hogs grease, i. d. worth of verdigris, two. oz. of Mustard, di. a pound of Oil de Bay, a quarter of a pound of Naruell, di. a pound of Honey, di. a pound of English Wax, i. oz of Arsenic, two. oz. of red Lead, half a pint of Vinegar: boil all these together and make an Ointment of it: clip the Horse leg bare, and lay this Medicine to it very hot.   

For gourded Legs or Scratches.  
TAke up the Veins beneath the knee, and let him blood as much as you think good, then knit the vain above and beneath, and anoint the Legs with this Oil following.  
Take Frankincense, and Rosen, and fresh Grease, and boil them together, and strain it, and keep it to your use.   

A Drink to raise a Horse, or for a Horse that is sick.  
TAke two penny worth of Pepper, two penny worsh of Saffron, two penny worth of Annis seeds, two penny worth of Turmeracke, a penny worth of long Pepper, two penny worth of Treacle, a penny worth of Licoris, a good quantity of Pennyroyal, and Archangel: give him these with the Polkes of Eggs in Milk to drink: And for Neat Cattle, give these in drink.   

For a Surfeit Horse.  
TAke a quart of Beer or Ale, and ii d. worth of Salad oil, and as much Dragon water, a penny worth of Treacle: make them warm upon the coals, and put into it a penny worth of Horse Spices, & give it him.   

For a Hidebound Horse.  
THis cometh by over working, ill dieting, and naughty dressing. Take fen creak, Turmeracke, Annis seeds, Bays, Lycoris, and Commine: beat all these together, and give him one spoonful of all these in Ale or Beer blood warm. This is also good for the Cough: This will also keep him from it, if you use to give it him before the disease cometh.   

An other for the same.  
TAke away some blood with a phlegm, then give him some warm Mashes morning and evening and give him Malt sodden in water together, or Branue and Water, or some Wheat sodden with Barley in Water, and it will help him.   

For the Hoof bound.  
YOu shall raise the Hoof above from the top to the fool in four or five places, so that the Water may come out: some do raise it round with a sharp Knife, and along downward, and then rub it well with Salt once or twice.   

For a lose Hoof.  
TAke Tar three spoonful, of Rosen a quarter of a pound, of Tansey, of Rue, of red Mints, of Sothernwood, of each half a handful, beat them all together in a Mortar, and put thereto half a pound of Butter, i. d. worth of Vergins' Wax: then fry them all together, and bind it to the Hoof for. seven. days, and it will cure him.   

For a brittle Hoof.  
IF your Horse hath a brittle Hoof, it is because he is too hot or too dry, and doth stand dry in the Stable unstopped.  
Take Ox dung and temper it with Vinegar, and bind it warm all over unto the feet, and under the sooles of the feet: on the next day use him so again, so use him for a week together, and it will help him: use to stop his feet with Ox or Cow dung, or his own, and let him stand so a month.  
Or, take the fat of Bacon, and temper it with Turpentine, and annoyne his Feet therewith: which is very good.   

A Medicine for the Cough, or mourning in the Chine.  
Keep your Horse meatlesse over night, then take a pint and a half of Milk, three heads of Garlic peeled and stamped, boil them to the half: give it to your Horse, and some at his nose, then run him a quarter of a mile, then rest him: and after that, run him three times more, every time resting him then put him into the Stable and keep him very warm, and give him no Water till after noon, then give him a good Meshe: and so use him with Meshes three days, and give him no Water but always warm for three days.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Harehound, Licoris, and Anniseedes in powder, make Balls thereof with fresh Butter, and give it your Horse.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Wheat Flower, Anniseedes, I scoris, being stamped in a Mortar, v or. vi cloves of Garlic being bruised: mix all these together and make a Past of them, and roll them in Balls as big as a Walnut: then pull out his Tongue and cast them Balls down his throat three or four of them at a time, and give two new laid Eggs after them shells and all.   

For the Glanders.  
TAke Swine's grease clean clarified, and as much Oil of Bay as a Walnut: give it him to drink with fair Water lukewarm.   

An other for the same.  
TAke of Elacompana, Anniscedes, and Licoris, of each i. d. worth, boil them in three pints of stung Ale or Beer unto two pints or less: then put into it a quarter of a pint of Salad Oil, and give it him to drink blood warm.  
Then take Enforbium in a quill, and blow it up into his nose, and within three days after take Mustard, Vinegar, and Butter, and boil them together: put thereto half an ounce of Pepper, and give it him to drink. Use the one Medicine one week, and the other an other, and ride or work him easily.   

An other for the same.  
TAke a quantity of Anniseedes, Licoris, and Clacompana roots, long Pepper, and Garlic of cach a like, with three Eggs and some Butter, a quantity of Malmsey, and some good Ale mixed together, and make it warm, and so give it him, and keep him warm.   

An other for the same.  
Seethe a handful of peeled Garlic in Milk, and put a piece of Butter thereto and some Ale, and stir them all together and give it him fasting, and ride him softly a while after, and then set him up: but keep him warm nine days after.   

For the Strangles.  
CVtte him between the jaws, and take out the kernels and wash the place every day wi●h Beer and Butter, and stop it up as long a● you can, and give him new Milk and Garliake to drink, and the juice of the leaves of Birch withal, or in Winter the bark of Birch: also smother him with the gum of Mastic or Frankincense.   

For the Farsey.  
TAke black Soap, Arsenic, Vnslaked Lime, Verdegreace, and red Lead: work these all together, and lay them to the sore.   

An other for the same.  
TAke three oz. of Quicksilver and put it into a Bladder, with two spoonful of the juice of Oranges or Lemons, and shake them together to cool the Quicksilver: then take half a pound of fresh Hogs grease, and of Vergiss an ounce: put all these in a Treene dish, and work them well together: then anoint the knots with this Ointment till they rot, then let them out with a sharp knife, and anoint them still: and put into his ears the juice of Ragg-weede, and they will dry up. Probatum.   

A Drink for the Farsey.  
LEt him blood in the Neck on both sides four fingers from the Head, and give him this drink.  
Take a gallon of fair Water, and put therein a good handful of Rue and a spoonful of Hempseed, and bruise them in a Mortar all together, and seethe it till the half be consumed: and when it is cold, give it him to drink.   

For the Farsey.  
TAke black Soap, Mustard made of sharp Wine or Vinegar, and red Lead, mix all these together, and anoint the vain all along, rub it over with a hot Iron made of purpose, but very thick: rub the Medicine much in with the Iron, being red hot.   

To destroy the Farsey.  
TAke juice of Hemlock a good quantity, and bray them together, and put it into the ears, and prick the Knots and put in Salt, and give him drink with sweet Wort, Fennell, and Treacle.   

For a Horse Foot that is wrounged in the Foote-locke.  
Seethe a quart of Brine till the foam rise, then strain it, and put thereto a handful of Tansey, as much of Mallows, a sawcerfull of Honey, and a quarter of a pound of sheeps Tallow: stir all these on the fire till the Herbs are well sodden, and all hot, lay it to the joint, and then lay a cloth over it, and it will be whole an three days.   

For a wrench in the Foot-locke.  
TAke Pompilion, Naruile, and black Soap, of each a like, and heat them hot on the fire, and then anoint him therewith.   

For a Horse that is Stifled or Hipped.  
TAke a pound of bolearmoniac, one quart of red Wine-vineger, vi. Eggs beaten shells and all, two penny worth of English Honey, as much Venus' Turpentine, one quart of Flower, one good handful of Bay salt, and put all these in a pot, and keep it close one night, and the next day apply some of it to the hurt, dressing it once a day for. ix. days together.   

For a Horse that is Foundered.  
TAke Verdegreace, Turpentine, and Salad Oil, two or three spoonful of Hogs great, and Bees wax i. oz. boil all together, and so dip Flax or Tow in it, and stuff his Feet therewith, and let him blood in the Tooes, and he shall be whole.   

An other for the same.  
Pluck off his Shoes and pair hollow his Feet nigh to the quick, then raze him with a crooked Lance from the Heel to the Too in two or three places on both sides of the Hoof and let him bleed well, then clap two or three hard Eggs to it as hot as he may suffer it: and as they cool lay on more, and then lay hot Horse dung upon them and about his feet, and he will soon recover, if you give him rest.   

For a Horse that is Fowndred in his Feet.  
TAke Tar, Neates-foote oil, and the Youlkes of Eggs, i. d. worth of Verdegreace, and some wheat Bran, and boil these together, and bind them under his foot very hot.   

If he be foundered in his Body.  
TAke ob. of Garlic, two. d. worth of the powder of Pepper, two. d. worth of the powder of Ginger, two. d. worth of Grains bruised, and put it into a pottle of stolen Ale the best you can get, and give it him to drink, and litter him to the belly, and lay clothes on him as many as he can bear: and let him blood on the sides.   

For Blindness.  
TAke two dry Tyse stones and rub them together, and blow the powder of it with a quill into his eyes three or four times.   

For the Web in the eye.  
TAke the lean of a Gammon of Bacon and dry it, and thereof make a powder, and use the powder, and it will cure it.   

For the Pearl in the Eye.  
TAke the juice of ground ●uie, the juice of Salandi●ae, and Woman's Milk, and put it into the eyes, and it will also cure him.   

For the Haw in the Eye.  
MAke a Plaster of the juice of Ground ivy, and of ivy Berries stamped in a Mortar, beaten with Wine or Water: and Plaster wise lay it to the eye or eyes evening and morning.   

An other for the Haw in the eye.  
SOme take a Needle and a double thread, and thrust the Needle through the film of the eye wherein the Crush groweth, which pull out, laying it on your finger's end, and holding the Needle and thread strait, and so cut away all the hard matter a penny breadth. But beware you cut not away the fat, which is the wash of the eye: neither cut the Film wherein the eye groweth, but cut between the Film & the Crush, & then squirt in Beer.   

For a Canker in the eye.  
TAke Roch Alum and green Copris of each a like, boil them in three pints of running Water until the one half be consumed, then take it from the sire, and once a day wash his eyes therewith being made lukewarm.   

For a stroke in the eye.  
LAy thereto the juice of Smalladge, Fennell, and the white of an Egg.   

For a Windgall.  
TAke and cut the skin, then take a spoonful of Oil de Bay, one spoonful of Turpentine, i. d. worth of verdigris, the white of an Egg, and a quarter of an ounce of red Lead: boil them together and it will make a Salve, Lay the same to the place where you did cut him. Probatum.   

An other for the same.  
FIrst clip off the hair bare, then cut it the length of a Bean and let it out, but beware of the Sinews that you cut not them: then have ready molten Rosen, sheeps Tallow, and Brimstone boiled together: then lay on this Medicine, but beware it be not too hot.   

For the spavin.  
TAke Mustard seed, & Oil the Bay, & Cow dung, the roots of Mallows, a quantity of ●urpen●ne, di. oz. of bolearmoniac bear them to powder and work them together, and bind them hot to the spavin.   

For the blood spavin, and bone spavin.  
TAke up the Vain above and beneath the joint and let it bleed well, then knit up the Veins, and anoint them with Butter till they be whole.  
For the bone spavin prick it with a sharp pointed knife, then take a piece of Candle & lay a piece of brown Paper upon it and with a hot Iron melt the Tallow, and after anoint it with Butter.   

For Inflammation of the cods.  
Boil groundsel in Wine and Vinegar, and so hath him therewith, and use to ride him into the Water.   

An other for the same.  
TAke a quart of good Alewoort and set it on the fire, with the crumbs of brown Bread strongly leavoned, and a handful of Commine (or more) in powder: make a Plaster of all these and bean flower, and apply to the grief as hot as may be suffered.   

An other for the same.  
TAke new Cowdoung and seethe it in Milk, then make a Plaster and lay it to the grief as hot upon the swelling as may be.   

For swelling of the cods.  
LEt him assail a Mare, and give him no provender, and let him blood above the great vain between t●e ●ippes, and lay thereto hard Eggs in his own dung and make a Plaster of the same and lay it to the cods: and if it help him not, let him stand in the water half an hour.   

For the Strangulion.  
TAke Bread, and Bays of Lorell, and temper them together with May Butter, and give him thereof three days together, and he shall be whole.   

For festering of the Sore.  
TAke Lime and tough Horse dung, and temper it together with Pepper and the white of an Egg, and lay it to the sore five days, and it will cure him.   

A Drink for the Stone.  
TAke a pint of white Wine, half a pint of Burr seed, and beat them small two. oz. of Parseley seed, half a handful of Hisop, half an oz. of black Soap: mingle these together, and warm it, and give it him.   

For the Stone Colic and Fret.  
TAke unset Leeks and stamp them small, and Soap, Milk, and Butter, and give it the Horse, it will make him piss.   

For a Horse that cannot Stolen.  
TAke a Nutmeg, and a handful of Parseley seed, beat them in powder, with a handful of But●●●, and heat it in good Ale, & give it him blood warm, and he shall stolen at ease.   

For the Stone and to make him piss.  
TAke the seed of Smallage, Parseley, Saxefrace. the roots of Philu endula. Cherry-stones kernels, Gr●unell seeds, and Broome seed, of every one like much: make them in fine powder, and give it him in white Wine.   

For a Horse that cannot dung.  
TAke. xi. leaves of Lorell and stamp them in a Mortar, and give it him to drink in strong stolen Ale.   

For a Horse that pisseth blood.  
TAke Barley and seethe it in the juice of Gumfolly, and give him the Barley to eat, and the juice to drink.  
Or else, take and let him Blood, and boil the blood with the powder of the pill of Pomegranuts, and put in some Wheat: then strain it and give it him to drink three or four mornings, but let him not travel.  
Take the powder of Licoris and Anniseedes rolled up in Honey, and give him three or four balls of them at a time, pulling out his tongue and putting it in his throat: It looseth his breath, and setteth his wind at liberty, and purgeth the cold & stiffness, and expelleth the Glaundees.  
Bruised Licoris, Anniseedes, Garlic bruised, a little Salad oil and Honey, given blood warm i● Milk, cureth very many diseases, and keepeth him from more.   

For a Horse that is broken Wound.  
TAke a Hedgehog and split him, and take out his guts and dry them up in an Oven until you make powder of them, give it your Horse to drink in a pint of good Ale, a part thereof, then make Balls of Annyseedes and Licorie rolled in Butter, and cast them down his throat: and wash his Oats in good Ale or Beer, then take Commin, Annyseedes. Licoris, and Sentatie, and make powder of them, and strew three spoonful in his Oats, being moist: use this some xiiii days.   

An other if he be Pursy.  
TAke Moll ne or Longwort and make a powder thereof, and give it him to drink with Water, and it will heal him.  
Or, you may take the powder of Gensian at the Apothecaries, and that will heal him also.   

For a Horse pricked with a Nail.  
TAke out the Hoof till you come to the bottom or Vain, then take Turpentine i. oz. Tar i. oz. Pitch i. oz. Beef suet i. oz. and one head of Garlic: boil them all together, and lay them to it so hot as may be suffered: And if it chance to break out above the Hoof, then take the said Medicine and anoint it.   

To heal a Mangy Horse.  
LEt him blood on both sides of his Neck, then cut the Skin in the midst of his Forehead two fingers broad, then raise the skin on both sides, and put in slices of Angellica root, or Elacompana: leave them till it rot, thrust out the matter, but leave the roots, they will come out as it healeth, anointing the mangy places with the powder of Brimstone and verdigris mixed with Oil Ollife.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Lamp Oil, fine powder of Brimstone, of black Soap, Tar, Barrow-hogges' grease, & the Suit of a Chimney, of each a like, & then mix them all together, and anoint the place therewith so hot as may be suffered, and it will help him.   

For the Mangy of a Dog.  
TAke Vinegar, Gunpowder, black Soap, Brimstone,  Alum, and Verdigreace: boil all together with Honey, and rub over the mangy place.   

For the String-hale.  
TAke up the M. Vain above the Knee, and underneath the same Vain lieth a String, cut it away: then cut him below in the Nostrils, and take away two strings, and then anoint him with Butter and Salt.   

For the Mares Evil.  
TAke Milk, Otemeale, Mallows, Wormwood, Horehound, and Sn. allage, wring these together with your hands, and boil them together till they be soft, and lay it to the grief, which will bring it to a head: than you must lance it: then take red Lead,  Alum, and Rosen, beat these to powder, and cast upon it.   

To take away Bones, Knobs, or Ring-bones.  
TAke a pound of Strong Lie and Soap, a quarter of Vitreall Roman, i oz. of Salarmonick●, as much of Roch Alum, and boil them together till they are thick, and so use it for an Ointment.  
Gipsiacum the strongest kind, lay it on with Cotten three or four times, will take it away. This is good also for a Splint: and though it he a Thistula in the Crown it will sink it.   

For the paul Fuill: which cometh of a bruise behind the Ears.  
TAke a hat Iron, but first take up the hair all the whole compass, then fear it with the Iron, and then take red Lead and black Soap, and mingle them with Water and make it thick, and anoint him withal, till it be whole.   

To make a Water for the same.  
TAke a quart of Water, half a pound of Roch Alum, iiii. d. worth of Mercury, a quarter of a pound of verdigris: and when you see the Horse rub his head, wash him with this water.   

An other for the same.  
LAy a Plaster of Hogs grease on to ripe the place, and when it is ripe, lance it, and thrust thorough a hot Iron, if it be very deep, and keep it open with Tents made of a Sponge, and dip it in Hogs grease: use this for four days, then take Turpentine, and the yolks of Eggs, and Saffron, and mingle them well together, and dip your Tents of Sponge therein, and be sure they go to the bottom, and plaster it with Hogs grease: and this will cure him.   

For the Camer.  
YOu must take out his Tongue and let him blood in five or six places, and likewise on his upper Lip, that he may bleed well, and all berubbe his Tongue and Lips with Salt: then the next day wash his Tongue and Lips with Vinegar, and rub it again with Salt, and give him warm drink and new Beer a day or two.   

For the Colt Evil.  
TAke the juice of Hemlock and wash his Pear● and cods therewith.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Beaneflower, Vinegar, and Bolarmoniacke, and work these together, and lay it to the cods.   

An other for the same.  
YOu may wash his Shed with warm Vinegar, and draw forth his Yard and wash it also: then ride him into the water, let him swim, and there toss and turn him: use this two or three weeks.   

For the Cloying.  
IF he halt, pull off his  and open the place pricked with a knife, and power in Turpentine, Wax, and sheeps suet being melted together: then close it up and set on the  again: let him rest, and come in n● wet ground.  
Some do use to burn the hole with a hot Iron when they have pult out the Nail, and some do power in boiled Butter in the hole once a day, and it hath cured it.   

An other for the same.  
TAke a handful of Nettles, of black Soap, of Vinegar, of each a spoonful, & three times so much Boars grease or Bacon grease, then stamp them well together, and stop the sore therewith and it will not rot any further, but heal, although you labour him.  
Some do stop up the hole when they draw forth the Nail, with Tallow and Horse dung, and then set on the Shoo.   

For the cords.  
THe cure is to slit it, and with a Bucks horn to take it up, and tie it in two places, and cut it away.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Mustard, and Aqua-vice, and Salad Oil, and voyle them on the Coals, and make a Plaster and bind it hot to the Place. It is good also for any Strain, so it be new done.   

An other for the same.  
TAke the grounds of Ale, and being made warm, bathe his Legs therewith, and wisp him with a May rope.   

An other for a Spraine.  
TAke smallage, and an Herb called Oxeye, and some sheeps suet: chop them all together and boil it in men's Urine, and bathe the place therewith, and wet a Hay band in it, and roll up the Leg therewith. Prob.   

For the Curbs.  
FRet his Legs with thy hand, and then take red Colwort leaves, and Borage, and bray them together, and lay it thereto v. days.   

Against stiffness of Sinniewes.  
Seethe a pound of black Soap in a quart of strong Ale till it look like Tar, and anoint the Sinniewes therewith, and it will supple them, and bring them to the right course. It is good for a Man if he be stiff in the joints.   

For Enterfeering.  
He may be much helped by shoeing with a skilful Smith: But if the skin be off, Take May Butter, with a quantity of yellow Rosen, as much Marvel, then fry them together in a Pan, and let it stand till it be cold, and put it in a Pot, and put to it a little new Cow dung, and make Plasters thereof & bind it to the place. This will heal also the prick of a Nail.   

For the Navel galled.  
TAke Suit of a Chimney and Yeest, mixed together, and plaster it on; but shift it once a day.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Nettle seeds, and mix them with Salad Oil, and anoint the Sort or Chase therewith.  
Some do use to wash him with warm Water and then anoint the place with Grease and Salt mixed together.   

An other for the same  
TAke herb betony, Brimstone in powder, of Ebborie Pitch, and old Grease, and stamp them together: and when you have washed him with Chamber Lie, anoint him with this Medicine.   

A Water for a Gawled Back, or any foul Sore.  
TAke a pottle of Varnice, iii. d. worth of green Coppris, and boil it to the one half or more, and wash the Sore with that, and then fill the Sore with red Lead, and let it not be dressed of three days, and then dress him again as you shall see cause.   

scene Wound.  
TAke white Wine and make it warm, and wash the Wound therewith, then take Turpentine, Mell Rosap and a little Wax, and melt them together, being stirred continually till they are well mixed, and then use it. If it be a Cut, take Cow and dip it therein, and fill the wound with it: If it be a hole, make Tents for the place.   

An other for the same.  
TAke Hogs Grease, and Venus' Turpentine, and melt them together: and if it be a Cut, take Cow and dip therein, and fill the wound therewith: If it be a hole, make Tents, and dress it therewith.   

For a hot Impostume in any outward part.  
STmpe Liverwort, and mix it with the grounds of Ale, Mallows, and Hogs grease, being made hot, and laid thereto.   

An other for the same.  
Bruise Lettuce seeds, and Poppy seeds, and mix them with Oil of red Roses, and plaster wise lay it to the sore.   

For a cold Impostume.  
TAke the herb Balm stamp●●nd mixed with Hog's grease, and plaster wise lay it t●●●   

An other for the same.  
Seethe white Mints in Wine or Ale, with Oil or Butter, and lay it hot to the place.   

To ripe any Impostume.  
Seethe meadows roots and Lily roots, and then bruise them, and put thereto Hogs grease, and linseed Meal: and plasterwise lay it to it.   

For the Rheum.  
LEt him blood in the Vain under the Tail, and rub his Gums with Sage tied to a Sticks end, and give him for a while the tender crops of Black briars in his Provender.   

For loose Teeth.  
Prick the Gums with a knife, and then rybbe them with Honey, Sage, and Salt, beaten together. The Sorrel Horse is most subject to this disease.   

For the Fever.  
LEt him blood in the Thigh in the middle Vain shire fingers under his ●uell: or else take the Vain in the Nerke, and give him a drink.   

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